A powerful high-end suite with a lot of potential. Make sure you have a high-end system to run it as the listed system requirements are very optimistic.

Support for new file types and platforms plus improved 3D rendering, but director is yesterday’s tool – and it shows

Latest version of player touted as 'preview of Vista'.

High-capacity desktop drives have never been so affordable. Darien Graham-Smith puts 23 to the test to find the best

Impressive and free antivirus and antispyware package

Another minor revision, but the addition of privacy functions further extends its impressively wide focus

Impressive and free antivirus and antispyware package

Surprisingly powerful for the price, even if the best features are reserved for the more expensive Plus version.

A decent performer, but it struggles with small files

PC gamers are among those most likely to benefit from any improvement in raw performance, so does Windows 7 bring any glad tidings for 3D action aficionados?

Games will look better, and it's backwards compatible with DirectX 10, but XP users need not apply. More details here..

Users can download clips and burn them to CD or DVD.

Mozilla said the latest version of its Firefox browser 3.0.11 was downloaded 150 million times during the first 24 hours it was made available..

HD editing finally heads to the desktop in this major update to a favourite consumer editing package.

A few usability niggles don’t detract too much from this great-value OCR package.

Optical character recognition (OCR) software has been around for a long time and OmniPage from ScanSoft is often touted as the market leader in this space.

The bad news is that Sony says these sexy 11.1in Vaio TZ laptops are at risk of overheating. But there is something about Sony's Vaio laptops that should make you happy.

PC gamers are among those most likely to benefit from any improvement in raw performance, so does Windows 7 bring any glad tidings for 3D action aficionados?